New Delhi: The assembly elections in Bihar will be held in two phases, polling for which will be held on November 6 and 11 while the counting of votes will be done on November 14, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday.
The entire election process will be concluded by November 16.
“Bihar elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. Counting of votes will be done on November 14,” Kumar said at a press conference.
“It is mandatory to complete counting of postal ballots before the last two rounds of counting of votes,” he added.
The first phase will be for 121 seats while the second phase will be for 122 seats, the poll panel said.
Bihar has about 7.42 Crore voters, including 3.92 Crore men and 3.5 Crore women voters, the Election Commission said. Bihar has about 14 lakh first-time voters.
The Bihar election 2025 is expected to be a contest between the ruling alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) and the Mahagathbandhan, led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) and the Congress party. Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor is also in the fray with his Jan Suraaj Party.
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Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar released dates for the Bihar Election 2025 on Monday (Oct 6). He said there will be over 9000 polling stations in Bihar, and around 1,000 of them will be managed by women.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar also assured that there will be webcasting facilities at all polling booths. Webcasting is required to keep a check on illegal activities such as booth capturing, money distribution and bogus voting to bring about complete transparency.
According to the Election Commission, webcasting is done to capture the faces of voters coming to vote at the polling station in a sequence for remote viewing by election officials, and to spread AWARENESS to participate in Free and Fair Elections.
Key figures about polling stations in Bihar at glance:
No. of Polling stations: 90,712
Average voters per polling station: 818
Urban: 13,911
Rural: 76,801
Webcasting: 100%
PwD-managed: 292
Youth managed: 38
Women managed: 1,044
Model polling station: 1,350
